User:CompactStar/Ordinal interval notation

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Indexed interval notation is a notation for just intonation devised by CompactStar.

Intervals are represented by a conventional interval category and an index. The index is 1 for the simplest (with respect [[Tenney height]) interval in a category, 2 for the second-simplest, 3 for the third-simplest and so on. For example, 6/5 is the 1st minor 3rd and 7/6 is the 2nd minor 3rd. To get the category of an interval, multiply the categories of the prime harmonics which it factors into, which are predefined as follows:

Prime harmonic Notation
2/1 P8 perfect octave C
3/2 P5 perfect 5th G
5/4 M3 major 3rd E
7/4 m7 minor 7th Bb
11/8 P4 perfect 4th F
13/8 m6 minor 6th Ab
17/16 m2 minor 2nd Db
19/16 m3 minor 3rd Eb
23/16 A4 augmented 4th F#
29/16 m7 minor 7th Bb
31/16 P8 perfect octave C
37/32 M2 major 2nd D
41/32 M3 major 3rd E
43/32 P4 perfect 4th F
47/32 P5 perfect 5th G
53/32 M6 major 6th A
61/32 M7 major 7th B
67/64 m2 minor 2nd Db
71/64 M2 major 2nd D
73/64 M2 major 2nd D
79/64 M3 major 3rd E
83/64 P4 perfect 4th F
89/64 d5 diminished 5th Gb
97/64 P5 perfect 5th G